La bohème

Opening the festival is the Puccini masterpiece in the historical staging by Eugenio Guglielminetti, adapted for the occasion by Saverio Santoliquido and Claudia Boasso. Direction by Vittorio Borrelli, on the podium of the Teatro Regio Orchestra the young Maestro Daniele Rustioni, and the costumes by Laura Viglione.
The protagonist of one of the most celebrated love stories of opera, which premiered at the Regio of Torino in 1896, is a young and brilliant cast composed of soprano Erika Grimaldi in the role of Mimì, the much sought-after tenor Salvatore Cordella as the poet Rodolfo and baritone Guido Loconsolo playing the painter Marcello. Maestro Claudio Fenoglio directs the Teatro Regio Chorus and the Children’s Chorus of the Teatro Regio and the “G. Verdi” Conservatory. Staging by the Teatro Regio.
Playbill
Opera in four parts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
from Scènes de la vie de Bohème by Henri Murger
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Characters | Cast |
Mimì soprano |
Erika Grimaldi |
Rodolfo, a poet tenor |
Salvatore Cordella |
Musetta soprano |
Eleonora Buratto |
Marcello, a painter baritone |
Guido Loconsolo |
Schaunard, a musician baritone |
Massimiliano Gagliardo |
Colline, a philosopher bass |
Maurizio Lo Piccolo |
Benoît, the landlord/ Alcindoro, a state councillor bass |
Claudio Ottino |
Parpignol tenor |
Sabino Gaita (12) Pierangelo Aimé |
The customs officers' sergeant bass |
Vladimir Jurlin (12) |
A customs officer baritone | Alessandro Inzillo (12) Marco Sportelli |
Conductor |
Daniele Rustioni |
Stage director |
Vittorio Borrelli |
Sketches and figures |
Eugenio Guglielminetti |
Sets |
Saverio Santoliquido Claudia Boasso |
from stage elements by |
Eugenio Guglielminetti |
Costumes by |
Laura Viglione |
from designs by |
Eugenio Guglielminetti |
Lighting |
Luca Ferioli |
Chorus and children's chorus master |
Claudio Fenoglio |
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio
Children’s Chorus of the Teatro Regio and the “G. Verdi” Conservatory
Staging by the Teatro Regio